Dinner-bucket



(No ModeL).

W. E. JONES. Dinner Bucket.

No. 233,253. Patented Oct. 12,1880.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. JONES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DINNER-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,253, dated Ocbber 12, 1880. Application filed July 8, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM.E. J ONES, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dinner-Buckets; and I do hereby declare that the the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is an improvement in dinner buckets or pails with which there is a lantern combined.

It consists in the combination of a bucket or box, rectangular in form, divided into compartments to contain a vessel for coffee or other liquid food, and a receptacle for other food or articles, and a lantern closely adjacent, provided with an adjustable cover or globe, said bucket and lantern being so arranged, as will be hereinafter set forth, as that the lamp Within the lantern may be used in various ways to heat or warm the food as well as afford light.

In my drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my bucket with the top lifted and thrown back. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse section. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the lamp with the vessel F mounted on its posts. Similar reference-letters indicate like parts in all of the figures. 35

Referring to drawings, A is a box, rectangular in general form, divided into compartments B (J, and provided with a double-hinged cover, D, which, when thrown back, will form a tray and a rest, E, to receive and support articles taken from the box.

F is a water-tight vessel, provided with an opening, a, and having attached to one of its upright sides a tongue or catch, G, intended to fit snugly over a partition,b, which divides the two apartments B O. The vessel F is about the size of the apartment B or G, and when in position is kept steady to its place by the said catch G.

l His a lamp adapted to set on a ledge, c, which extends outward from the bottom of the box A. This lamp is protected by a cover, I, provided with end and side lights to form what is commonly termed a globe. The lamp H is constructed of a flat rectangular form, so as to be low when in position within its case, and it is provided with an adjusting device for the wick and the ordinary wicktube and orifice to receive the oil. The globe or cover I is provided on three of its vertical sides With upright metal strips, which form grooves to receive plates of glass or mica, which may be adjusted to their places.

The lantern is held snugly to the bucket A by means of wings M, which extend laterally from the back of said lantern-globe and slide in the corresponding grooves secured ,to the side of said bucket. On top of said cover or globe is a chimney, K, with metal strips extending upward, serving as supports to an oblong cover or cap, K. This cover or cap has its edges bent at right angles downward, for the purpose of deflecting the heatinward toward the chimney and preventing it from moving too rapidly upward. The cover K forms a platform or support for vessel containing liquid food, where it may be heated without removing the globe of the lantern. Uprights or posts L rise from the top of the oil-vessel of the lamp, and form, when the globe is removed, supports to the vessel F, which is held steady when in position by the catch or tongue G, which may be hooked onto the upright wall of the box A nearest the lamp.

By removing the lamp from its ledge cit may be placed on any convenient support, and the four posts may support the bucket A, which may be warmed, with its contents, as a whole.

My bucket and lantern combined forms a compact and useful article for workmen who are in the habit of taking their meals with them to their work, as it is provided with ample apartments for the various articles of food, both liquid and solid, which may be readily warmed or heated over the lantern cover or globe or directly over the lamp, as may be preferred.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The bucketA, divided into apartments B C, separated by partition I), the former of said apartments being adapted to receive dry articles of food, and the latter a vessel, F, pro- 5 vided with a catch, G, said bucket being provided with a cover composed of parts E D, in combination with the lantern provided with wings or tongues M, which slide in corresponding grooves attached to said bucket, forming to to said lantern a support and hold, as andt'or the purpose specified.

2. The bucket- A, provided with ledge e, in combination with the lantern attached thereto, and lamp H, provided with posts L, serving as r 5 supports to the box A or vessel F, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a lamp, H, and

two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. JONES. Witnesses GEO. M. CONE, JERRY J. COAKLEY, 

